Kalyn’s Low-Carb Coleslaw

Kalyn’s Low Carb Coleslaw is a cabbage salad recipe I make over and over and this is the perfect low-carb side dish for any kind of protein main dish! Use Salad Recipes to find more recipes like this one.

It’s St. Patrick’s Day and I’m guessing most people who read this blog planned their menu as soon as I shared my Low-Carb and Low-Glycemic Irish-Inspired Recipes for St. Patrick’s Day. I hope everyone is making corned beef and low-carb side dishes and having a great time celebrating! And if you stocked up on cabbage while it’s on sale for the holiday, you might have some left to make Kalyn’s Low-Carb Coleslaw, which I think is a perfect low-carb side dish when you want a salad with a little crunch!

It’s probably not too hard to figure out that I love salads with cabbage, and there are lots of interesting cabbage slaw recipes on the blog, some of which I make over and over when I want a tasty low-carb side dish with a bit of crunch. But I have to confess I love coleslaw, just the basic sweet-sour stuff you make with the already-shredded mix from the grocery store. It’s a salad I think is the perfect side dish to have with protein main dish whether you’ve cooked it on a grill, in the oven, or in a pan on the stove.

So more than ten years ago I created this recipe for Kalyn’s Low Carb Coleslaw, after I’d been eating the lower carb way for a little while. When I served it to my extended family of absolutely-not-low-carb eaters, several people commented that it was the best coleslaw they’d ever had! If you like coleslaw at all I hope you’ll try my version, and if you’re like me you may end up keeping a package of coleslaw mix and a jar of this dressing in the fridge at all times so you can make this in a flash!

My favorite coleslaw starts out with a package of coleslaw mix from the store, which means the only thing that’s at all time consuming about making my coleslaw is making the dressing. You can certainly slice up cabbage yourself if you prefer (or if you don’t want the teeny-tiny bit of carrots that comes in the packaged mix.)

This dressing will keep in the fridge for a week or probably even two, so I’m giving you a recipe for enough dressing for two bags of coleslaw mix. Make the full amount of dressing, and you can make a big bowl of low-carb coleslaw for a party or have coleslaw again in a few days! I love this version of coleslaw with my personal “must have” ingredients of buttermilk, celery seeds, and chopped red cabbage; hope you enjoy!

How to Make Kalyn’s Low-Carb Coleslaw:

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Chill in refrigerator, then stir again just before serving. (You may need less than 1/2 the dressing for one bag of coleslaw mix. Keep the rest in the refrigerator for another time.)

Notes

Instead of coleslaw mix you can use 6-8 cups thinly sliced and chopped green cabbage For the lowest carb version use sliced and chopped fresh cabbage since coleslaw mix has a tiny amount of carrots.

This makes enough dressing for about two packages of coleslaw mix. Use more or less dressing to taste. Nutritional information is calculated based on a salad that uses half the dressing made in this recipe.

I am a huge fan of Vege-Sal (affiliate link), which adds a bit more flavor than traditional salt.I would use Monkfruit Sweetener (affiliate link), but use any low-carb sweetener you prefer. or use sugar if you don’t care if the coleslaw is low in carbs. You can add some of the sweetener and then keep tasting until it seems right to you if you're not sure how sweet you like it.

Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
Kalyn’s Low-Carb Coleslaw should be great any low-carb or low-glycemic eating plan. The South Beach Diet would recommend using reduced-fat mayo, but truthfully I’d use full-fat mayo in mine, and I still wouldn’t worry about eating this for any phase of the South Beach Diet (even with the teeny-tiny bit of carrots in the coleslaw mix.) For Keto you may want to chop your own cabbage to avoid those carrots!

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Katy, I am not 100% sure what you mean? There is a link: Click Here for Printer Friendly Recipe. That takes you to a page with only text, then you just use file/print or control/P (whatever the command is on your computer type) to print as you normally do. You shouldn't have to copy the text.

Hi Kaylyn….This is superb, one of the best slaw dressings I have ever had. Like you, I am a cabbage freak and actually rate restaurants (for me) as to how good their coleslaw was. I love your site and have compiled a notebook of my favorites. Thanks for your excellent work….Dennis

Hi Kalyn, I linked to your buttermilk-mayonnaise dressing recipe in a post for deviled eggs recently. I also listed the ingredients used in the dressing and hope by doing this I haven’t crossed a line. I’ve given you lots of credit! Let me know if I should remove the ingredients from my post and just link to your recipe.Thanks!